Gwinnett Medical Center as well as the YMCA of Metro Atlanta are teaming upward to offering a especial practise programme for cancer survivors to assist hold as well as improve their overall acre of wellness during as well as later on treatment.
Called GMC at the Y, the programme aims to assist survivors lower their run a peril of recurrence, a fundamental trouble concern for those who accept had cancer. The programme likewise aims to improve the strength, stamina, as well as wellness of those alongside active cancer.
Through a programme developed yesteryear the Y, cancer survivors who are treated at the Cancer Institute at GMC volition at i time accept access to especial practise assistance tailored for cancer survivors. GMC at the Y initially volition endure inward house at half dozen local Ys.
“There are varying phases of cancer handling as well as recovery that accept physical as well as emotional implications,” said GMC-affiliated oncologist Kevin Peacock, MD. “Exercise helps alongside the prevention of roughly forms of cancer as well as helps cancer patients cope. Exercise effectively addresses anxiety, fatigue as well as weight make – all of which are mutual side effects of cancer recovery. Research shows practise plays a vital constituent inward helping cancer survivors experience ameliorate as well as to a greater extent than inward command of their health,” he said.
Survivors likewise volition accept complimentary access, every bit produce all Y members, to the tube Y’s unique Coach Approach®, an practise back upward procedure inward which a wellness charabanc helps a somebody remain on rails alongside an individualized physical action program. The Coach Approach® was developed yesteryear James Annesi, Ph.D., manager of wellness advancement for the YMCA of Metro Atlanta.
“Partnering alongside the Cancer Institute at Gwinnett Medical Center on this programme is such a natural stand upward for for us,” Kristin McEwen, Senior VP for the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. “With the Y’s accessible, community-based back upward centers throughout tube Atlanta as well as programs similar The Coach Approach®, nosotros tin assist as well as thus many cancer survivors improve their character of life through practise as well as restore promise to them as well as their families.”
For to a greater extent than data close GMC at the Y, e-mail thmartin@gwinnettmedicalcenter.org or telephone telephone 678-312-3183.
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